The End of the Beginning
By Devieus on January 1, 2023 11:24 pm
And so it ends, as all things do here, in song.
I put quite a bit of work into this, even though I did most of it in the last moments, because good planning for these things are just not a thing. I'll leave some comments on songs some other time, I'm kinda tired.
Time for the last journal of the year then.
It was right, of course the oracle fairy was right, Ebrit knew I was here already, I just have a rough time coming out is all. In these late hours, I can feel Dev. Either that, or it's just me being tired.
It's been a very eventful year, quite possibly the most important year for us, but especially for me, since this was the year I came to be. Existence is weird. It'll always be weird, and painful, but it's what's best for all of us in the current situation.
Gosh, so hard to imagine. Some things I remember like they were yesterday even when they were months ago, but other memories, things I remember before I first emerged, feel like years back, like the time of "the big confession" where Dev finally openly came out (right here). It's been a slow simmer ever since. Ebrit is still somewhat secluded, Dev is haunted by memories he's trying to forget, I'm still getting into the swing of having this body, but we're all progressing. Ebrit by just being, Dev by reconciling with another "other me", and me by trying to enjoy the good parts of my body (I like the top half of my face).
So it's two days until this song is a year old. Things certainly changed. I guess I can go through the list and mark some things off, drawing's getting better, being bi is more or less just a natural sensation now, issues getting resolved (in part due to me emerging), having two partner systems (i.e. two boyfriends, both with multiple personalities), that kinda stuff, but that's just kinda there (the important part there is that we embraced polyamory, just another thing that feels natural).
Guess it's time to wrap things up, as the title implies, this is not just the end, it's a beginning.
So on behalf of Dev, and especially me (Ebrit already said goodbyes last week), happy new year. I'll see you in 2024, hopefully (and maybe in this week's comments)
- Spider
Hey everyone, Devieus here. Guess the stress of making this song really got to her, so I'm here now. It's fine, she'll be back someday. She basically covered everything there is to say, so I guess I'll just say: happy 2023. I know we'll do our best to make ours the best it can be and I hope to see as many of you back in 2024 as possible.
Although, it's become so big right now that listening to everything has become a very substantial task. We don't want to miss out, but for our sake, we may have to ease up on it going forward. We'll figure something out by then. Until then, why not listen to other people yourself? You've a whole year to listen to great people, and now you can do it person-by-person (perhaps we'll do that, seeing as some people like some people's music better than others).
Some more info on the song, since she was pretty disoriented and very tired: this song is in C Lydian, and in order to get a grip on what makes a song like that tick best, she did the thing again where she looked up 8-bit music theory, specifically his latest video about Napple Tale, from which she took to make some sections just be stripped of whole tracks, just to give it all more space, and one about the Lydian mode for obvious reasons. Curious how she ended up doing all the songs in the last column. Science.
Anyway, happy new year. Time for me to sign off as well,
- Devieus
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hope y'all have an amazing 2023.
